Frame.



J. A. NONES.

FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5.1915.

1 @?.,4t3%w Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

WITNESSES F l/VVE/VTOR x fasep/ZA. War/e /4 C BY W ATTORNEYS rrn JOSEPH A NONES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

Application filed June 5, 1915. Serial No. 32,435. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. Nouns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Frame, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved frame for use in the construction of signs, show cases and other structures and devices, and which is simple, exceedingly strong and durable in construction, cheap to manufacture and capable of securely holding a glass pane or other article to be framed.

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of alternating channel bars and rods, of which a channel bar fits onto one edge of a pane or other article to be framed, and the rod fits onto the adjacent edge of the article, the abutting ends of the channel bar and rod being fastened together.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the frame as used in the construction of show cases; Fig. 2 is a face view of the frame around a rectangular glass pane; Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 4--1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a face view of the frame as applied to a triangular article; and Fig. 6 is a similar view of a modified form of the frame as applied to a triangular article.

The frame illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and A consists of channel bars A, A and rods B, B, of which the channel bars A, A straddle opposite edges of a glass pane or other article C to be framed. The ends of the channel bars A, A project beyond the corresponding edges of the article G and the ends of the rods B, B fit into the said projecting ends of the channel bars A, A and are secured thereto by suitable means, preferably solder, so as to firmly join the bars A, A with the rods B and B and thus form a frame around the article C. In practice, the rods B, B are made of wire of a diameter corresponding approximately to the thickness of the article C so that the latter presents no sharp edges.

Glass frames produced in the manner described can be readily used in the manu facture of signs, show cases or the like, it belng understood that the glass frames can be readily soldered or hinged together accordlng to the nature of the article to be made, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1.

In practice, the panes of glass may be of any shape, as shown in Fig. 1, and if desired the glass frames may be used on triangular articles G, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6. In the form shown in Fig. 5, use is made of a single channel bar A engaging one side of the article C and two rods B", B fitted onto the other two sides of the said article. The adjacent ends of the rods B B are fastened together by solder and the other ends fit into the projecting ends of the channel bar A and are soldered or otherwise secured thereto.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 6, the frame is formed of two channel bars A A? and a single rod B, the latter having its ends fitting into and soldered to the projecting ends of the channel bars A A while the adjacent ends of the channel bars A A are mitered and soldered together.

It will be noticed that by the use of the channel bars the frame is securely held in position on the article C and hence the bars cannot slip off.

The frame shown and described can be very cheaply manufactured, and although I prefer the use of the channel bars and rods as described, I do not limit myself to the shape thereof as the same may be varied without deviating from my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A frame having its members formed of alternating channel bars and rods, each channel bar straddling one edge of the article to be framed and each rod fitting onto an adjacent edge of the article, the abutting ends of the said bar and rod being fastened together.

2. A frame, comprising channel bars straddling opposite edges of the article to be framed, and rods alternating with the said channel bars and fitting against the other edges of the article, the abutting ends of the bars and rods being fastened together.

3. A frame, comprising a channel bar Copies of this patent may be obtained for onto the other edges of the glass pane and having thelr ends pro ect1ng lnto the said projecting ends of the channel bars, and 15 solder fastening the ends of the said channel bars and rods together.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH A. NONES.

Witnesses:

THEo. G. Hos'rER, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

